Agency Council
AGENCY COUNCIL IS THE HIGHEST DECISION-MAKING BODY OF THE AGENCY. THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL SHALL ACT PROFESSIONALLY, AUTONOMOUSLY AND INDEPENDENTLY. IN DECISION-MAKING, THE MEMBERS OF THE AGENCY COUNCIL SHALL FOLLOW THE PRINCIPLES OF PREVENTING THE CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS AND IMPARTIALITY.
In carrying out their tasks and decision-making, the members of the Agency Council shall follow the principles of preventing the conflicts of interests and impartiality. To this end, they shall sign a special statement binding them to respect these principles.
Agency Council has the following tasks:
- to appoint and dismiss the Director of the Agency,
- to appoint and dismiss the members of the Appeal Committee and their deputies,
- to set out the procedures and criteria for external evaluations and accreditations, ECTS and other criteria,
- to set out the procedures and criteria for external evaluations of higher vocational colleges,
- to set out the minimum standards for the appointment of higher education teachers, researchers and faculty assistants at higher education institutions,
- to decide on accreditations of higher education institutions and to give its consent to the transformation of higher education institutions,
- to decide on accreditations of higher education institutions, and evaluation of a sample of study programs,
- to set out the criteria for entering experts in the register of experts for external evaluations and accreditations.
The constitutive session of the Agency Council was held on 14 April 2010.
| Member | Institution which appointed the member |
|---|---|
| dr. Boris Dular, President | Representative employers’ association |
| dr. Marjan Mernik, Deputy President | Rectors Conference |
| dr. Goran Turk | Rectors Conference |
| dr. Klemen Širok | Rectors Conference |
| dr. Sebastjan Kristovič | Representative association of independent higher education institutions |
| dr. Branko Škafar | Representative association of higher vocational colleges |
| Jure Ciglar | Representative organisation of students in cooperation with the student councils |
| David Bohar | Representative organisation of students in cooperation with the student councils |
| Representative unions in the higher education area | |
| dr. Julijana Kristl | Government of the Republic of Slovenia |
| dr. Peter Verovšek | Government of the Republic of Slovenia |
The President of the Agency Council shall be responsible for openness of the work of the Agency Council.